Future Man Science and Fiction
Explore the future of humanity through science and fiction. This curated list features visionary books like Olaf Stapledon's *Last and First Men*, Arthur C. Clarke's *Childhood's End*, and Cordwainer Smith's *The Rediscovery of Man*, plus essential works on space travel, human evolution, and imagined worlds. Discover classic sci-fi and speculative science from authors like Ben Bova, charting our destiny from deep time to 2044 and beyond.
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Last and First Men
by Olaf Stapledon
One of the most extraordinary, imaginative and ambitious novels of the century: a history of the evolution of humankind over the next 2 billion years. Among all science fiction writers Olaf Stapledon stands alone for the sheer scope and ambition of his work. First published in 1930, Last and First Men is full of pioneering speculations about evolution, terraforming, genetic engineering and many other subjects.
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Space Travel
by Ben Bova
Take a tour of space with "Space Travel" that explains science to help readers make fiction plausible. Readers will see what is real today and what may become real tomorrow.
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Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends--and then the age of Mankind begins....
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Liege-Killer
by Christopher Hinz
Two hundred years after Earth is devastated by nuclear war and genetically engineered Paratwa assassins, the humans of orbiting Earth colonies are at peace, until a series of murders reveal the reemergence of the Paratwa. Reprint. K. PW.
